Four Diamond Winners Honored

Four Central Pennsylvania accommodations and two restaurants have once again earned the outstanding ranking of a Four Diamond Award.

AAA Central Penn honored the businesses recently during a luncheon at Mazzi Restaurant at the Leola Village Inn and Suites. Leola Village was one of the recipients, in addition to the Inn and Spa at Intercourse Village, the Hilton Harrisburg and its Golden Sheaf Restaurant and The Hotel Hershey and its Circular Dining Room. After the meal, Sandy Fenton of "Let’s Talk Travel with AAA" interviewed the representatives for her radio show.

AAA Central Penn President and CEO Mitch Hillman and COO Frank Frailey attended the event and extended their congratulations to the representatives of the businesses. Only about 1,000 Four Diamonds are awarded in the United States each year and these properties have consistently won the honor.

The Leola Village Inn and Suites offers 61 unique rooms in six buildings, a spa with an area especially for men and an outdoor pool.

The Inn and Spa at Intercourse Village offers nine country suites, three with Jacuzzies, five rooms in a 1909 Victorian-style home and spa services.

The Hilton Harrisburg is a 341-room hotel built in 1990, offers many amenities and convention accommodations. The Golden Sheaf restaurant, open Monday through Saturday evenings for dinner on small, elegant tables set with fine linens and china. Reservations are recommended. For information about the hotel, visit www.hilton.com and go to the Harrisburg site or call 717-233-6000. To make restaurant reservations, call 717-237-6301.

The Hotel Hershey offers 230 guest rooms, spa and meeting rooms among its amenities. The Circular Dining Room is open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner and may be best known for its Sunday Brunch.

Celebrating the recipients of the Four Diamond Awards are, from left, front: Joe Massaro, general manager, Hilton Harrisburg, Ruth Ann Thomas, Inn and Spa at Intercourse Village; Mitch Hillman, president and CEO of AAA Central Penn, Sandy Fenton, Ronald P. Suski, Circular Dinning Room director of food and beverage; Debra Allen, innkeeper of the Leola Inn and Suites, John Reis, Golden Sheaf director of food and beverage; back: Bill Kohl, president of Hilton Harrisburg, Elmer Thomas, owner of Inn and Spa at Intercourse Village, Bill Hendrix, director of rooms at the Hotel Hershey, Debbie Shirk, owner of Leola Inn and Suites, and James Brown, manager of the Golden Sheaf.

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